Lineage 2 Classes: Races, Archetypes and Party Roles
Lineage 2 has six races - humans, elves, dark elves, orcs, gnomes and Kamael - and dozens of classes. Your race determines your basic characteristics and set of professions, and your role in the group determines how useful you will be in sieges, epic bosses, and PvP.
- Race sets a predisposition: for people - versatility, for elves - speed and magical attack, for orcs - strength, for gnomes - craft.
- Roles in the group: damage dealer, tank, healer, bard (buffs), control, crafter, spoiler.
- For the first character, the easiest way is to be a warrior or a healer: the gameplay is clear and there is always a place in the group.
- Crafter and Spoiler is the best choice for those who love economics rather than PvP.
Races
| Race | Features | Typical roles |
|---|---|---|
| People | Universal: strong warriors, healers and magicians | Tank, warrior, priest, mage |
| Elves | Fast, strong magicians, healers | Archer, mage, healer, bard |
| Dark Elves | High attack, powerful attack spells | Archer, mage, assassin |
| Orcs | Maximum survivability and strength | Tank, damage dealer, support, shaman |
| Gnomes | Craft: crafting and resource extraction | Crafter, spoiler |
| Kamael | A special race (from The Kamael chronicle) | Fighter, shooter, mage |
Roles in the group
- Damager - deals damage to: archers, assassins, magicians, orc warriors.
- Tank - keeps mobs and bosses on himself, closes the group.
- Healer - treatment, removal of debuffs, resurrection.
- Bard (Sword Singer, Bladedancer) - buffs and debuffs on the group and enemies.
- Control - sleep, root, slowdown: decides the outcome of PvP.
- Crafter and spoiler - equipment and resources, the economic basis of the server.
What to choose for a beginner
- If you want simple gameplay and always be needed, take a healer or a bard.
- If you want to kill - an archer or an assassin: at high rates they start playing almost immediately.
- If you want to earn money - spoiler or crafter: their income does not depend on PvP.
- Do you want to command - a tank or a warlord (massive damage to mobs) for farming in a group.
The final set of skills and balance depend on the chronicle and server settings: a class that is considered the strongest in Interlude may be played differently in High Five or Essence. Check the description of skills on the server website.
Server classes and rates
At low rates (x1–x5), classes that provide economy and can farm alone or in a small group are more important: spoilers, crafters, warlords. At high rates (x100 and above), quality takes hours, and PvP classes and support come to the fore: bards, healers, tanks.
Analysis of the chronicles - in the articles "Lineage 2 Chronicles in order" and "Interlude, High Five or Essence".
Questions and answers
Which class is the strongest in Lineage 2?
In PvP, everything is decided by the group: a team of tanks, healers and bards are stronger than any individual. In single-player PvP on different chronicles, archers, assassins and magicians are in the lead.
Which class is easiest to level up alone?
At high rates - any; at low levels - those who can farm en masse: a warlord, a mage with AoE spells, a spoiler.
Does a small server need a crafter?
Yes: without crafters and spoilers there will be no equipment or resources on the market, and prices will go up. This is one of the most needed roles at x1–x10.
Live Lineage 2 servers with start dates, rates and player voting: